"Let no freedom be allowed to novelty, because it is not fitting that any addition should be made to antiquity. Let not the clear faith and belief of our forefathers be fouled by any muddy admixture."
-- Pope Sixtus III

The pitched
political battle over student loans isn't going away. On Friday, the
White House threatened to veto a bill to keep interest rates on a
popular kind of loan from doubling come July 1 because the
Republican-crafted legislation pays for it by tapping a special fund in
President Barack Obama's landmark health care law. The House ignored the
veto threat and passed the bill anyway on Friday, with a 215-195 vote.

Obama criss-crossed the country
this week in support of legislation that would keep more money in the
pockets of cash-strapped college students. Republicans initially
resisted the idea, but Mitt Romney quickly moved to neutralize the issue
as a political weapon by embracing it in principle. House Republicans
adapted by finding a clever "pay-for" solution to defray the cost of the
legislation (lower interest rates = lower payments = lower revenue for
the government). They chose the Prevention and Public Health Fund
included in what all sides have now agreed to call "Obamacare," which
Republicans have vowed to repeal.

"The Administration strongly
supports serious, bipartisan efforts to prevent interest rates from
doubling for over 7 million college students in the coming year,"
Obama's Office of Management and Budget said in a "statement of
administration policy," the formal mechanism for announcing where the
president stands on legislation.

"Unfortunately, rather than
finding common ground on a way to pay for this critical policy, H.R.
4628 includes an attempt to repeal the Prevention and Public Health
Fund, created to help prevent disease, detect it early, and manage
conditions before they become severe," OMB said, warning that "women, in
particular" would suffer. "This is a
politically-motivated proposal and not the serious response that the
problem facing America's college students deserves. If the President is
presented with H.R. 4628, his senior advisors would recommend that he
veto the bill," it said.

Republican House Speaker John
Boehner's office pounced. "The president is so desperate to fake a fight
that he's willing to veto a bill to help students over a slush fund
that he advocated cutting in his own budget. It's as simple as this:
Republicans are acting to help college students and the president is now
getting in the way," said Boehner spokesman Brendan Buck.

Obama's budget, unveiled earlier
this year, calls for tapping into the same fund to cover other programs.
The Senate's Democratic majority, which will likely kill the Republican
bill, has proposed covering the nearly $6 billion tab for the student
loan proposal by raising taxes on wealthy Americans.

Would Mitt Romney have ordered the raid that killed Osama bin Laden? President Barack Obama's
reelection campaign released a new video on Friday that strongly
implies that he would not have, using the presumptive Republican
nominee's own words against him.

Ever since Vice President Joe Biden boiled down Obama's 2012 slogan to "bin Laden
is dead, GM is alive," it has been clear that the embattled incumbent
would not hesitate to use the May 2, 2011 Navy SEAL strike as a
political weapon.

The video, taken from footage shot for Obama's
17-minute campaign commercial "The Road We've Traveled," opens with the
message "the Commander-in-Chief gets one chance to make the right
decision" and turns to former president Bill Clinton for validation.
"That's one thing George Bush said that was right: The president is the
decider in chief. Nobody can make that decision for you."

"Look, he knew what would happen," says Clinton. "Suppose the Navy Seals had gone in there and it hadn't been bin Laden.
Suppose they had been captured or killed. The downside would have been
horrible for him, but he reasoned 'I cannot in good conscience do
nothing.' He took the harder and the more honorable path and the one
that produced in my opinion the best result," he says, amid images
including a photograph of New York City firefighters cheering the news
of bin Laden's death.

"Which path would Mitt Romney
have taken?" asks the onscreen text. The video recalls Romney's
contention, in an April 2007 interview with the Associated Press, that
Americans will not be markedly safer if bin Laden were killed and
that "it's not worth moving heaven and earth spending billions of
dollars just trying to catch one person." (Days later, in a May 3 2007
debate, Romney was asked about his words and responded "We'll move
everything to get him...This is a global effort we're going to have to
lead to overcome this jihadist effort. It's more than Osama bin Laden.
But he is going to pay, and he will die.") It also cites a Reuters report referring to an August 2007 Republican candidates debate: "Mitt Romney criticized Barack Obama
for vowing to strike al-Qaeda targets inside Pakistan if necessary."
(That's probably safer than directing viewers to the transcript of the
debate: Romney criticized Obama for openly discussing the possibility of
striking inside Pakistan, not for entertaining the idea. When moderator
George Stephanopoulos asks whether it's fair to summarize his position
as "keep this option on the table, but it is foolish to talk about it in
public," Romney doesn't disagree.)

The Obama campaign video wraps up with Clinton saying: "He had to decide
and that's what you hire a president to do. You hire the president to
make the calls when no one else can do it."

Romney has taken pains to praise Obama for the raid. On Friday, Romney campaign spokeswoman Andrea Saul bristled at the video.

"It's now sad to see the Obama campaign seek to use an event that
unified our country to once again divide us, in order to try to distract
voters' attention from the failures of his administration. With 23
million Americans struggling for work, our national debt soaring, and
household budgets being squeezed like never before, Mitt Romney is focused on strengthening America at home and abroad," she said.

The Obama video came one day after Vice President Joe Biden, in a speech
assailing Romney on foreign policy, declared: "On this gut issue, we
know what President Obama did. We can't say for certain what Governor Romney would have done."

Thursday, April 26, 2012

More than a hundred University of Notre Dame professors have demanded that Illinois Bishop Daniel Jenky renounce comments he made criticizing President Barack Obama's stance on religious liberty that compared him to dictators Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin. "Jenky's comments demonstrate ignorance of history,
insensitivity to victims of genocide and absence of judgment," said the
letter addressed this week to the leadership of the renowned Catholic
university in Indiana and signed by 131 professors from various fields.

The letter urged the school to distance itself from Jenky's "incendiary statement," and called for Jenky, 65, a Notre Dame
graduate who has led a Catholic diocese in Peoria, Illinois, since
2002, to "renounce loudly and publicly this destructive analogy" - or
resign from the university's Board of Fellows and board of trustees.

Jenky, along with other U.S. Catholic bishops and
social conservatives, condemned the Obama administration's requirement
that church-affiliated institutions provide insurance that covers
contraception.

But his April 14 homily singled out Obama and the
Democratic majority in the U.S. Senate, saying "The Church will survive
... the calculated disdain of the President of the United States ... and
of the current (Democratic) majority of the federal Senate."

Even after the White House sought to calm the furor by
announcing last month it would not require church-run hospitals,
universities and charities to pay for birth control coverage but instead
shift the burden to insurers, the bishops continued to battle against
the mandate.

The bishops said
the mandate was part of a broader attack on religion by state and
federal authorities, a position echoed by Republican presidential
candidates on the campaign trail who accused the Obama administration of
waging war on religious freedom.

In his homily,
Jenky compared the administration's stance to anti-religious figures in
history such as Hitler and Stalin who "have tried to force Christians to
huddle and hide within the confines of their churches."

"Hitler and Stalin,
at their better moments, would just barely tolerate some churches
remaining open, but would not tolerate any competition with the state in
education, social services and health care," Jenky said.

"In clear violation of our First Amendment rights,
Barack Obama - with his radical, pro-abortion and extreme secularist
agenda, now seems intent on following a similar path," he said.

Jenky's comments were quoted in newspapers, and his
homily was reproduced on the website of the Catholic Post, the Peoria
diocese's newspaper.

Critics of Jenky, including groups dedicated to the
separation of church and state, seized on his remarks, contending he
instructed his flock to vote against Obama in November's general
election, a violation of the church's tax-exempt status.

In response to the uproar, Patricia Gibson, chancellor
of the Peoria diocese, said in a statement that Jenky's comments had
been taken out of context and that he was only drawing from history to
illustrate his point.

"Bishop Jenky is concerned that our government is treading on one of our most dear freedoms: religious liberty ...," she wrote.

A diocese spokesman did not respond to a request for comment on the Notre Dame professors' letter.

Jenky formerly served as an auxiliary bishop in the
Indiana diocese that includes Notre Dame, and had previously worked for
the school in administrative posts.

A school spokesman,
Dennis Brown, said the letter was from a group of faculty members, not
the school itself. "Beyond that, we do not comment on the personal views
of Board members other than to say that they do not necessarily reflect
those of the university."

And now some "Jews" who obviously think those horror stories their grandparents told were merely fairy tales that are only useful for intimidating ones's political opponents into silence...

The Anti-Defamation League wants an Illinois bishop to apologize for a homily that compared President Barack Obama's heath care policies to actions by Adolf Hitler, but a diocese spokeswoman says the comments were intended as historical context.

Don't forget Bismarck!

Peoria Roman Catholic Bishop Daniel Jenky
said Sunday that Obama is following previous governments that "tried to
force Christians to huddle and hide only within the confines of their
churches." He pointed to Hitler in Germany and Josef Stalin in the Soviet Union.

ADL Regional Director Lonnie Nasatir said Thursday that Jenky needs a history lesson on the "religious intolerance and anti-Semitism fostered in society" by Hitler and Stalin.

Diocesan
Chancellor Patricia Gibson, however, says Jenky offered the comparisons
to "prevent a repetition of historical attacks upon the Catholic Church
and other religions."

To the milquetoast Catholics-in-name-only who lick the boots of Leviathan for the crumbs of approval that fall from its gaping, blood-soaked maw, I say Your day is done! Repent and beg Almighty God for forgiveness!

To the lowercase jews who who think they own the word "hitler" but wouldn't set foot in a Temple on a dare, I say Choose your friends wisely! Repent and return to the faith of your fathers before it finds you useful no more!

To the nonbelievers and heretics I say read and listen to this man's inspired words. You may not know it, but this battle is yours, too.

Editor's note: Following is the full text of the
homily of Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, at the Mass during the April 14
"A Call to Catholic Men of Faith" in Peoria. A podcast audio version of
the homily is available at The Bishop's Podcasts.

For several photos from the event, visit The Catholic Post's site on Facebook.

A further statement from the Diocese of Peoria regarding this homily can be found here.

There is only one basic reason why Christianity exists and that is the fact that Jesus Christ truly rose from the grave.

The
disciples never expected the resurrection. The unanimous testimony of
all four Gospels is that the terrible death of Jesus on the cross
entirely dashed all their hopes about Jesus and about his message. He
was dead, and that was the end of it. They looked for nothing more, and
they expected nothing more.

So as much as they
had loved him, in their eyes Jesus was a failed messiah. His dying
seemed to entirely rob both his teaching and even his miracles of any
lasting significance.

And they were clearly
terrified that his awful fate, at the hands of the Sanhedrin and the
Romans, could easily become their awful fate. So they hid, trembling
with terror, behind shuttered windows and locked doors.

When
the Risen Christ suddenly appeared in their midst, their reaction was
shocked incredulity. They simply could not believe their own eyes.

Reality
only very slowly began to penetrate their consciousness when Jesus
offers proof of his resurrection. He shows them the wounds on his hands,
his feet, and his side. Jesus even allowed them to touch him. He breaks
bread with them and eats with them. And only then could they admit to
themselves what had seemed absolutely impossible – the one who had truly
died had truly risen! The Crucified now stood before them as their
Risen, glorious, triumphant Lord.

His rising from
the grave was every bit as real as his dying on the cross. The
resurrection was the manifest proof of the invincible power of Almighty
God. The inescapable fact of the resurrection confirmed every word Jesus
had ever spoken and every work Jesus had ever done.

The
Gospel was the truth. Jesus was the Christ, the promised Messiah of
Israel. Jesus was the Savior of the world. Jesus was the very Son of
God.

There is no other explanation for
Christianity. It should have died out and entirely disappeared when
Christ died and was buried, except for the fact that Christ was truly
risen, and that during the 40 days before his Ascension, he interacted
with his Apostles and disciples, and on one occasion even with hundreds
of his followers.

Today’s appointed Gospel
reading for this Saturday in the Octave of Easter is taken from the 16th
Chapter of Mark. It concludes with a command from the lips of Jesus,
given to his disciples, given to the whole Church, given to you and me
assembled here today: “Go into the whole world and proclaim the Gospel
to every creature.”

We heard in today’s Second
Reading from the Acts of the Apostles that the same Sanhedrin that had
condemned Jesus was amazed at the boldness of Peter and John. Perceiving
them to be uneducated, ordinary men, they recognized them as companions
of Jesus. They warned them never again to teach, or speak to anyone, in
the name of Jesus.

But the elders and the
scribes might as well have tried to turn back the tide, or hold back an
avalanche. Peter and John had seen the Risen Christ with their own eyes.
Peter and John were filled with the Holy Spirit. They asked whether it
is right “in the sight of God for us to obey you rather than God. It is
impossible for us not to speak about what we have seen and heard.”

And
Peter and John and all the Apostles, starting first in Jerusalem in
Judea and Galilee and then to the very ends of the earth, announced the
Resurrection and the Good News to everyone they encountered.

According
to the clear testimony of the Scriptures, these Apostles had once been
rather ordinary men – like you and me. Their faith hadn’t always been
strong. They made mistakes. They committed sins. They were often afraid
and confused.

But meeting the Risen Lord had
changed everything about these first disciples, and knowing the Risen
Lord should also change everything about us.

You
know, it has never been easy to be a Christian and it’s not supposed to
be easy! The world, the flesh, and the devil will always love their own,
and will always hate us. As Jesus once predicted, they hated me, they
will certainly hate you.

But our Faith, when it
is fully lived, is a fighting faith and a fearless faith. Grounded in
the power of the resurrection, there is nothing in this world, and
nothing in hell, that can ultimately defeat God’s one, true, holy,
Catholic, and Apostolic Church.

For 2,000 years
the enemies of Christ have certainly tried their best. But think about
it. The Church survived and even flourished during centuries of terrible
persecution, during the days of the Roman Empire.

The
Church survived barbarian invasions. The Church survived wave after
wave of Jihads. The Church survived the age of revolution. The Church
survived Nazism and Communism.

And in the power
of the resurrection, the Church will survive the hatred of Hollywood,
the malice of the media, and the mendacious wickedness of the abortion
industry.

The Church will survive the entrenched
corruption and sheer incompetence of our Illinois state government, and
even the calculated disdain of the President of the United States, his
appointed bureaucrats in HHS, and of the current majority of the federal
Senate.

May God have mercy on the souls of those
politicians who pretend to be Catholic in church, but in their public
lives, rather like Judas Iscariot, betray Jesus Christ by how they vote
and how they willingly cooperate with intrinsic evil.

As
Christians we must love our enemies and pray for those who persecute
us, but as Christians we must also stand up for what we believe and
always be ready to fight for the Faith. The days in which we live now
require heroic Catholicism, not casual Catholicism. We can no longer be
Catholics by accident, but instead be Catholics by conviction.

In
our own families, in our parishes, where we live and where we work –
like that very first apostolic generation – we must be bold witnesses to
the Lordship of Jesus Christ. We must be a fearless army of Catholic
men, ready to give everything we have for the Lord, who gave everything
for our salvation.

Remember that in past history
other governments have tried to force Christians to huddle and hide only
within the confines of their churches like the first disciples locked
up in the Upper Room.

In the late 19th century,
Bismarck waged his “Kulturkampf,” a Culture War, against the Roman
Catholic Church, closing down every Catholic school and hospital,
convent and monastery in Imperial Germany.

Clemenceau, nicknamed “the priest eater,” tried the same thing in France in the first decade of the 20th Century.

Hitler
and Stalin, at their better moments, would just barely tolerate some
churches remaining open, but would not tolerate any competition with the
state in education, social services, and health care.

In
clear violation of our First Amendment rights, Barack Obama – with his
radical, pro abortion and extreme secularist agenda, now seems intent on
following a similar path.

Now things have come
to such a pass in America that this is a battle that we could lose, but
before the awesome judgement seat of Almighty God this is not a war
where any believing Catholic may remain neutral.

This
fall, every practicing Catholic must vote, and must vote their Catholic
consciences, or by the following fall our Catholic schools, our
Catholic hospitals, our Catholic Newman Centers, all our public
ministries -- only excepting our church buildings – could easily be shut
down. Because no Catholic institution, under any circumstance, can ever
cooperate with the instrinsic evil of killing innocent human life in
the womb.

No Catholic ministry – and yes, Mr.
President, for Catholics our schools and hospitals are ministries – can
remain faithful to the Lordship of the Risen Christ and to his glorious
Gospel of Life if they are forced to pay for abortions.

Now
remember what was the life-changing experience that utterly transformed
those fearful and quaking disciples into fearless, heroic apostles.
They encountered the Risen Christ. They reverenced his sacred wounds.
They ate and drank with him.

Is that not what we do here together, this morning at this annual men’s march Mass?

This
is the Saturday of the Octave of Easter, a solemnity so great and
central to our Catholic faith that Easter Day is celebrated for eight
full days, and the Easter season is joyously observed as the Great 50
Days of Easter. Through the power of the Holy Spirit, Christ – risen
from the grave – is in our midst. His Holy Word teaches us the truth.
His Sacred Body and Blood becomes our food and drink.

The
Risen Christ is our Eternal Lord; the Head of his Body, the Church; our
High Priest; our Teacher; our Captain in the well-fought fight.

We
have nothing to fear, but we have a world to win for him. We have
nothing to fear, for we have an eternal destiny in heaven. We have
nothing to fear, though the earth may quake, kingdoms may rise and fall,
demons may rage, but St. Michael the Archangel, and all the hosts of
heaven, fight on our behalf.

No matter what
happens in this passing moment, at the end of time and history, our God
is God and Jesus is Lord, forever and ever.

Thank you for your advocacy on the religious
liberty-violating HHS mandate that requires employers to provide
contraceptives, sterilization and abortion-causing drugs free of charge
in their health insurance plans. You have continued to put the rights
of religious Americans and religious institutions before our elected
officials, and your help is needed again.

The Obama Administration has opened another comment period – even if you’ve sent messages before, you need to do so again! The fundamental legal and moral concerns about government
intrusion into religious ministries have not been addressed. Under the
regulations as they currently stand, religious institutions that serve
the common good (including charities, universities and hospitals) will
be unable – even forbidden - to provide their own employees or students
with health coverage consistent with their values.

Your voice is needed today – click on the link below to submit comments to HHS and our elected officials. Please forward this email to your friends and family too! Imagine all of the 3 million Catholics in Pennsylvania speaking with a united voice in support of our first amendment rights.

Since
January there has been much attention given to the very troubling
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) coercive mandate requiring
almost all private health plans to cover contraception, sterilization
and abortion-inducing drugs. For the first time in our nation’s
history, the federal government will force religious institutions to
facilitate drugs and procedures contrary to our moral teaching. And it
will purport to define which religious institutions are “religious
enough” to merit an exemption.

The HHS mandate is a serious conflict, and it is not the only threat to our most cherished freedom. In their recent statement, Our First, Most Cherished Liberty,
the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) discuss
current concerns and urge all Catholics to join the effort to end this
unprecedented government coercion of conscience and intrusion in
religious affairs.

Religious
liberty is more than freedom of worship. It is not only about our
ability to go to Mass on Sunday or pray the Rosary at home. It is about
whether we can make our contribution to the common good of all
Americans.

As
Catholics and Americans we have a solemn duty to be staunch defenders
of religious liberty. Pray for our country and take a stand today by
sending a message to our leaders with an urgent appeal to support this
God-given right.

Click below to demand respect for the First Amendment from our moral and intellectual superiors.

About Me

First of all, the word is SEX, not GENDER. If you are ever tempted to use the word GENDER, don't. The word is SEX! SEX! SEX! SEX! For example: "My sex is male." is correct.
"My gender is male." means nothing. Look it up.
What kind of sick neo-Puritan nonsense is this? Idiot left-fascists, get your blood-soaked paws off the English language. Hence I am choosing "male" under protest.